BloodBoal 7,538 Posted March 10, 2015 Share Posted March 10, 2015 Appart from the unicorn origami, not very explanative, what else is there to say that deckard is a replicant?Well, the unicorn origami is pretty obvious when you link it to the unicorn dream Deckard has.Then there's also the eyes thing:And there are a few more hints/clues pointing at Deckard possibly being a Replicant (don't remember them right now, though. I'll let Cremers or someone else list them). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,294 Posted March 10, 2015 Share Posted March 10, 2015 The eyes thing didn't exist in the TC either Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Skywalker 1,792 Posted March 10, 2015 Share Posted March 10, 2015 I can recall him being on the piano with a lot of old photos. I think one of the replicants had photos too.The eyes yes, i remember... but i dont know if it's just a lighting effect. After all normal owls look like that depending on the angle of light and who hasnt had a photo with red eyes.Also these replicants are robots or they are flesh and bone with just an electronic brain? Which brings the idea... has deckard never got a radio or sonography test?Deckard seems less strong than the main antagonist (i forgot his name), i think that was because one is a replicant and other is a human...About the unicorn...well humans also dream of unicorns... and maybe he told about the dream to his co-worker... and that's why he made a paper unicorn... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,326 Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 The eyes thing didn't exist in the TC eitherAhem!You probably missed it.Also these replicants are robots or they are flesh and bone with just an electronic brain? Which brings the idea... has deckard never got a radio or sonography test?They are completely organic, like humans. Think of cloning and genetic engineering.The eyes yes, i remember... but i dont know if it's just a lighting effect.Well, technically, it is a lighting effect ... but it's also a hint for the audience to pick up. If replicant eyes glow then Deckard might be a replicant. Of course, the unicorn spells it out. Gaff does to Deckard what Deckard did to Rachael.Deckard seems less strong than the main antagonist (i forgot his name), i think that was because one is a replicant and other is a human...Or he's a replicant who has to function as a human. After all, blade runners are nothing more than humans that track down and kill replicants with a gun. Replicants are replacing humans. I can recall him being on the piano with a lot of old photos. I think one of the replicants had photos too.Yes. They hold on to photos. It gives them some kind of identity. The panorama shot on the piano in the TC has been exchanged for the unicorn reverie in later versions ... or vice versa, of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,294 Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 Well I've never seen the TC in high Def actually. I first saw the movie on the family tube TV when it was on the Sci if channel. Then I saw the DC on DVD in collegeThen I saw the final cut in theaters. That was awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Skywalker 1,792 Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 I saw the final cut too, my mistake, i said it was the DC.If the replicants are fully "clones" or artificially engineered humans, that it makes more sense the things they do and the memory attachments.One thing that doesnt make sense is the eye thing. if its that easy to spot...the replicant tests should lool it... IWell I suppose that the issue will be explained/closed in Blade runner 2. If they still leave it ambiguous, then it is for the audience to choose if deckard is a replicant or not... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 I'd ratheerthey not explain it. I like the mystery in Blade Runner.Btw, Leonard Maltin rates it at one and a half star. Dafuq? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,326 Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 Almost everyone did ... but almost everybody have changed their mind in the decades that followed and now it's regarded as one of the great pieces of American cinema.Alex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 He's not known to stick to his guns. He used to rate Alien as two-and-a-half and now it's three and a half. He had The Godfather at three-and-a-half and now it's four. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 If the replicants are fully "clones" or artificially engineered humans, that it makes more sense the things they do and the memory attachments.One thing that doesnt make sense is the eye thing. if its that easy to spot...the replicant tests should lool it... IWell I suppose that the issue will be explained/closed in Blade runner 2. If they still leave it ambiguous, then it is for the audience to choose if deckard is a replicant or not...I'd ratheerthey not explain it. I like the mystery in Blade Runner.Ambiguity has no place in modern cinema! They'll make it really obvious whether Deckard is a replicant or not, and they'll repeat it many times throughout the film to make sure everyone in the audience got it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 If it does, I won't watch it! 2010 already has a spell-it-out-for-ya ending that annoys the shit out of me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 Bespin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 Brilliant! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLUMENKOHL 1,068 Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 The Miniatures of Blade Runner (142 images)http://imgur.com/a/mv8qf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,326 Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 Good news for the Dutchies: New re-release of The Final Cut in Dutch Theatres:http://nieuws.nl/entertainment/20150331/sf-hit-blade-runner-in-nieuwe-versie-in-bios/ crocodile 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 Geweldig! Ik hoop dat hij in Amsterdam of Hoorn te zien zal zijn. Echt een film voor het witte doek! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 7,984 Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 Ik wou dat ze waren te laten zien uitgebracht dan hier...Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 Leuk geprobeert. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 7,984 Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 Google Translate is briljant . Behalve wanneer het niet.Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 zucht... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 That was fluent! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 7,984 Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 Inderdaad!Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,326 Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 Leuk geprobeert.Leuk geprobeerd. Alex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 Alex, no chance you can catch this in Brabant or Limburg? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 Seeing this next thursday in my local arthouse cinema.The screen won't be huge, but their projection quality is usually second to none when it comes to sharpness and clarity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,294 Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 I saw The Final Cut in theaters in 2007! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 Thats great Jason.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,294 Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 It was pretty cool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,326 Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 Seeing this next thursday in my local arthouse cinema. The screen won't be huge, but their projection quality is usually second to none when it comes to sharpness and clarity. Consider yourself lucky. The theatre in Antwerp is experimenting with Barco Laser Projection. It sucks, IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,326 Posted August 2, 2015 Share Posted August 2, 2015 Excerpt of new interview with Christopher Nolan in Forbes: "It’s hard to say what was conscious homage, and what was my analysis of why Blade Runner was so convincing in its production design and in the way it uses its sets. From a pragmatic point of view, Blade Runner is actually one of the most successful films of all time in terms of constructing that reality using sets. On Batman Begins, unlike The Dark Knight, we found ourselves having to build the streets of Gotham in large part. So I immediately gravitated toward the visual treatment that Ridley Scott had come up with, in terms of how you shoot these massive sets to make them feel real and not like impressive sets. And immediately we started looking at the rain, the handheld cameras, the longer lenses… So myself, my designer Nathan Crowley, and my cinematographer Wally Pfister, we started to throw all of that into the mix of how you can help the look of something, how you can create texture, as Ridley Scott has always been the absolute master of. Creating a texture to a shooting style that maximizes the impact of the set, and minimizes the artifice — the feeling that this world has edges to it that you would see at the edge of the frame. Blade Runner is one of the examples of how you can take a camera and get down and dirty… and really envelop your audience in the atmosphere of the world you’re trying to create. We definitely tried to emulate that style, and I think in doing so we actually created homage, particularly where we used the rain very much." Always nice to hear talented people give their praise. Alex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,326 Posted November 20, 2015 Share Posted November 20, 2015 One detail we haven't seen before: Carrie Fisher in Blade Runner: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted November 20, 2015 Share Posted November 20, 2015 Its the film thaf keeps on giving! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,326 Posted December 11, 2015 Share Posted December 11, 2015 Ridley Scott explaining where he got the footage of the original last scene from. They didn't know?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corellian2019 384 Posted December 11, 2015 Share Posted December 11, 2015 They should've read Future Noir Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Breathmask 555 Posted December 11, 2015 Share Posted December 11, 2015 Or the IMDb trivia page for Blade Runner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 7,984 Posted December 11, 2015 Share Posted December 11, 2015 The last bit is new, though.Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,326 Posted December 11, 2015 Share Posted December 11, 2015 That was the last bit! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 7,984 Posted December 11, 2015 Share Posted December 11, 2015 The bit about Kubrick projection suggestions is new.Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,326 Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 Volkswagen and projection? Future Noir! crocodile 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 Roy Batty of Blade Runner’s inception date! Happy Birthday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 7,984 Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 Yes, indeed. Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,326 Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 Podcast about Villeneuve's Arrival and then Ridley Scott's Blade Runner: http://www.cutprintfilm.com/podcast/cut-print-film-podcast-episode-94/ I tried to listen to it but what a bunch of buffoons! They had to watch the 3,5 hour docu before they could appreciate the film somewhat. In fact, they thought the docu (where things get explained, of course) is much better than the movie. No really, I stopped listening when they said Ford's finest acting moment was with Regarding Henry. However, I did like the comparison they made with Pink Floyd's Dark Side Of The Moon where you need to listen 10 times to the album before you can catch all the layers that are going on. They say Blade Runner is the cinematic equivalent but no way they want to watch Blade Runner 10 times: It's too dark, too dreary, the story is too muffled and the villains are more sympathetic than Deckard and Rachael. God ... Oh, how about this one? Panel: "HBO's Westworld treats similar themes much better but that's only normal because Blade Runner is from 1982." Alex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,503 Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 Sophomoric shit, spoken by people who have nothing to say, and have no idea of how to say it. Ignorant, and illiterate. Avoid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,326 Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 What an I say, Richard, it's a Nolanized world. Podcast panel: "I understand that we the audience have to do the work but they gotta throw a bone every now and then!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,233 Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 Scott's overall output pales in comparison to Nolan's overall output. Selecting highlights only may be another story, but face the truth! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 The world according to the Nolan disciple! Even excluding his early brilliant work one can easily find movies in Scott's filmography that rival or exceed Nolan's efforts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,326 Posted November 18, 2016 Share Posted November 18, 2016 Still, Dunkirk has more chances of being good or less bad than Alien: Covenant. Or do you still have faith in Scott? Scott thinks the audience isn't intelligent (I kid you not) and I think he is making movies while constantly keeping that in mind. Just watch Exodus! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted November 18, 2016 Share Posted November 18, 2016 I have very little faith in the modern Scott. But even after his golden period, he has made a bunch of good films. Sadly no more... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,326 Posted January 18, 2017 Share Posted January 18, 2017 Harrison Ford says: "I felt it was important for the audience to have a human representation on the screen that they can identify with." However, the irony is that many, if not most, people identify with the replicants and not Deckard. Notice also how, according to Ford, there is only one hint (a little piece of origami) in the movie that suggest Deckard might be a replicant. This goes to show that Ford is still unaware of the more subtle clues in the film. Maybe it's time for him to watch Blade Runner again? Alex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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